Clamp for slicing machines



Nov. 4 1924. 1,513,853 7 J. H. OSBORNE CLAMP FOR SLICING MACHINES Filed Feb. 24, 1922 TIQ. 1

INVENTQR. J N H 05502115.

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Patented 4,

ENZTED STATES JQHN H. OSBORNE, AI' HDETPQSQN, ENDIANA.

CLAMP FUR SLICING liIAGHINES.

Application filed February 24, 1922.

T all whom it may concern:

Be it know that I, J OHN H. OSBORNE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Anderson, county of Madisoinand State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Clamps Slicing Machines; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which like nume *als refer to like parts.

This invention relates to a clamping device for slicing machines and the like where in it is desired to rigidly secure the article to be sliced to carriage such that the article to be sliced will be held imn'iovable and together by the clamping action of the scouring member.

The chief object of the invention. is to provide a suitable clamping construction which may be associated with slicing machines or the like which will accomplish the aforesaid purposes and which will be adjustable to the article to be clamped.

The chief feature of the invention consists in the particular construction of the adjustable support for the clamp and the construction of the clamp per se.

Another feature of the invention con sists in pivotally associating the handle with the clamp, whereby the handle ma be moved into a second position, if desired,

which will not interfere with the movement of the carriage. The handle likewise is associated with the clamp in order to increase ings and the following description and claims.

In the drawings Fig. 1 is'a front view of a portion of thesliciiig machine and a carriage. thereof showing the improved clamp associated therewith and securing a ham to the carriage. Fig. 2'is a top plan view of the aforesaid construction shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on'the line 33 of Fig. 2 and in the direction of the arrows. Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view taken on the line 4l4 of Fig. 2 and in the direction of the arrows.

In the drawings indicates a portion of the main frame of a slicing machine and said parts 10 are usually stationarily secured, and between said elements of the main frame 10 is slidably supported a car- '22 to provide a ledge.

Serial] No. 538,329.

riage construction ll provided. with upwardly extending tines 12'and with a pair of slotted standards 13. The slotted standards 13 are join-ed together at the top by a cross member or tie rod 14;, althoughif desired the standards 13 may be formed integral with the element 14-. The standards 13 are slotted as indicated at 15 and the opposite and inwardly positioned faces of said standards are preferably toothed to. provide a. rack construction 16. All of the aforesaid construction is old iii the art to which the invention applies and forms no part of the invention.

The clamp construction herein illustrated as associated with the aforesaid comprises a bar which is arched intermediate its. ends, as shown at 21, and is curved outwardly at The ledge 22 supports a plurality of tines 23.,which are adapted to engage in the article to besli'ced, which herein is illustrated as a ham 24.. The end portions 25 and 26 of the arched-clamping bar 20 are slidably supported in the slots 15 of the standards 14.

The means for adj ustablysupporting one end of the clamping bar upon a standard 13 comprises a toothed plate 2'? suitably secured to said clamping bar by means of a screw bolt 28, said plate having a tooth 29 which is adapted to engage the teeth ofthe rack 16. Laterally extending stoppin or pins 30 likewise limits longitudinal movement of the bar 20 in the slot standard 13. By the aforesaid means the outer endof the clamping bar 20 is adjustably supported upon the standard. Other suitable means may be substituted for the aforesaid construction without departing from the broad idea of the invention, but the present construction is utilized since it constitutes a duplication of the yieldable: locking con struction hereinafter to be described.

Upon the projecting end 26, and opposite the end 25 whichhas been described as adjustably supported in a slotted standard 13, is secured a handle 32. The handle 32 is provided with a tongue. 33 which is receivable in a slot 34- formed in the free end of the end 26 of the clamping bar 20. Suitable pivot means, such as that indicated by the numerals 35 and 36 pivotally support said tongue in said slot. The handle 32, therefore, may be positioned as shown by the full lines in Fig. 2 or may be positioned as shown in the dotted lines in said figure. The

- upright 13. Pressure is applied through the handle 32 to the other end 26 of the bar, thereby providing for a maximum leverage and suitable means is associated with the clamping bar 20 near the end 26 to lock or latch said bar inthe clamping position. Such means comprises a yieldingly mounted locking toothed plate 37 suitably secured by a screw bolt 38 to a plate 39. The toothed plate 37 has a tooth 40 for engaging the teeth of the rack 16. Thus, as pressure is applied to the handle 82 the tooth 4O rides over the teeth 16 of the adjacent standard and retains said clamping bar in the clamping position.

Herein the means for yieldingly supporting the tooth supporting plate 39 is disclosed as providing a releasable construction for the same. Said construction consists of a longitudinally extending slot 41 in upon the seat formed by the reduction in the slot 41. It will he understood that when pressure is applied to the transverse portion 44 of the plate .39, the spring 45 will be compressed and the plate 39 will be moved from the position shown in Fig. 1 to release the tooth 40 from engagement with the teeth 16, thereby permitting the clamping bar to be released. Said clamping bar may be maintained in the released position by gripping the handle 32 and maintaining the thumb upon the plate 44 into the desired position. Suitable means, such as the screw 50 is adapted to limit "the outward movement of the plate 44 but permitsthe toothed plate 39 to be removed from the end 26 of the bar 20 when desired.

The invention claimed is: j 1. A clamp for a slicing machine or the like, comprising a clamping bar having an arched clamping face and outwardly curved ration engagement, a similarly positioned.

and yieldingly mounted, manually releasable, plate at the opposite end, a handle mounted on one projecting end beyond the standard for clamping with great leverage, and a transversely extending member mounted upon the opposite projecting end for preventing. the escape of the bar from the standards. 7

3. In a slicing machine, the combination of a pair of relativelystationary, slotted and parallel standards having their adj a.- cent faces serrated, and an elongated clamping bar fixedly mounted, in said slotted standards and having a transversely extending plate mounted adjacent one en dfor ser ration engagement upon both sidesnof" the slot, a similarly. positioned and yieldingly mounted, manually releasable, plate at the opposite end for serration engagement upon both sides of the slot, and a handle mounted on one projecting end beyond thestandard for clamping with great leverage.

4. In a slicing machine, the combination of a w,pair of relatively stationary, slotted and parallel standards having their adjacent faces serrated, and an elongatedclamp ing bar fixedly mounted in said slotted jstandards and having a transversely extending plate mounted adjacent one end for serration engagement upon both sides of the slot, a similarly positionedand yieldingly mounted, manually releasable, plate at the opposite end for serration engagement uponboth sides of the slot, a handle mounted on one projecting end beyond the standard for clamping with great leverage, and a trans versely extending member mounted upon the opposite projecting end for preventing the escape of the bar from the standards.

In witness whereof, I have hereunto aflixed my signature.

JOHN HJQSBorNn 

